public void Start()
{
_pluginDescriptors = PluginManager.Sort(_pluginDescriptors, true);
// start plugins
PluginManager.StartPlugins(_pluginDescriptors);
}
public void Stop()
{
// sort plugins to have the most dependent plugins first
_pluginDescriptors = PluginManager.Sort(_pluginDescriptors, false);
// stop plugins
PluginManager.StopPlugins(_pluginDescriptors);
}
/// <summary>
/// Validates the dependencies for each of the PluginDescriptors
/// </summary>
/// <param name="descriptors">The collection of PluginDescriptors that describe the Plugins to be loaded.</param>
public static void ValidatePluginDependencies(PluginDescriptorCollection descriptors)
{
/*
* Validation Phases
* Phase 1: Direct (First level dependencies)
* Phase 2: Indirect (Second level dependencies. i.e., dependencies of dependencies. Requires that Phase 1 already executed)
* Phase 3: Extended (Provider Validation)
* */
// Phase 1: Checks descriptors for missing dependencies and circular references. (direct)
foreach (PluginDescriptor descriptor in descriptors)
{
try
{
// check for missing dependencies
// MarkDescriptorIfMissingDependency(descriptor, descriptors);
if (!descriptor.IsMissingDependency)
{
// check for circular references between plugins (direct, does not check dependency chains)
MarkDescriptorIfCircularlyDependent(descriptor, descriptors);
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
CairoLogger.Instance.Debug(ex.Message, ex);
}
}
// Phase 2: Checks depencencies for missing dependencies and circular references. (indirect)
foreach (PluginDescriptor descriptor in descriptors)
{
try
{
//
if (!descriptor.IsMissingDependency && !descriptor.IsCircularlyDependent)
{
MarkDescriptorIfDependenciesAreMissingDependencyOrAreCircularlyDependent(descriptor, descriptors);
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
CairoLogger.Instance.Debug(ex.Message, ex);
}
}
// Phase 3: Allow for Provider based validation?
/*
* Here we have an extension point.
* If we created another provider who's sole purpose was to validate a PluginDescriptor,
* we could move this logic away from the core, and allow for validation to be extended.
* Possible reasons for doing this would be to prevent Plugins from being loaded based
* on some other criteria. We could provide descriptions of why a particular descriptor failed validation.
* */
}
/// <summary>
/// Determines if the dependencies for a PluginDescriptor are created.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="descriptor">The descriptor to check dependencies for.</param>
/// <param name="descriptors">The collection of PluginDescriptor(s) to check against.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
private static bool AreDependenciesCreated(PluginDescriptor descriptor, PluginDescriptorCollection descriptors)
{
foreach (Type type in descriptor.PluginDependencies)
{
if (descriptors[type].PluginInstance == null)
{
return(false);
}
}
return(true);
}
/// <summary>
/// Sorts the collection of PluginDescriptors according to their dependency chain.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="descriptorCollection">The collection of descriptors to sort.</param>
/// <param name="leastDependentFirst">A flag that determines how the descriptors are sorted.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static PluginDescriptorCollection Sort(PluginDescriptorCollection descriptorCollection, bool leastDependentFirst)
{
CairoLogger.Instance.Debug(string.Format("Sorting PluginDescriptor Collection. LeastDependentFirst: '{0}'.", leastDependentFirst.ToString()));
PluginDescriptor[] descriptors = descriptorCollection.ToArray();
PluginDescriptor.Sort(descriptors, leastDependentFirst);
descriptorCollection.Clear();
descriptorCollection.Add(descriptors);
return(descriptorCollection);
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates instances of the Plugin type defined by each PluginDescriptor.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="descriptors">The collection of PluginDescriptors that describe the Plugins to be loaded.</param>
public static void CreatePluginInstances(PluginDescriptorCollection descriptors)
{
CairoLogger.Instance.Debug(string.Format("Creating Plugins. # of Plugins: '{0}'.", descriptors.Count.ToString()));
foreach (PluginDescriptor descriptor in descriptors)
{
if (descriptor.IsStartable)
{
if (AreDependenciesCreated(descriptor, descriptors))
{
CreatePluginInstance(descriptor);
}
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Stops the plugins defined in the collection that have been created.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="descriptors">The collection of PluginDescriptors that describe the Plugins to be loaded.</param>
public static void StopPlugins(PluginDescriptorCollection descriptors)
{
CairoLogger.Instance.Debug(string.Format("Stopping Plugins. # of Plugins: '{0}'.", descriptors.Count.ToString()));
// fire the BeforePluginsStopped event of the PluginContext
PluginContext.Current.OnBeforePluginsStopped(new PluginContextEventArgs(PluginContext.Current));
// stop all of the plugins
foreach (PluginDescriptor descriptor in descriptors)
{
if (descriptor.PluginInstance != null)
{
StopPlugin(descriptor);
}
else
{
CairoLogger.Instance.Debug(string.Format("Skipped Plugin: '{0}' was not created.", descriptor.PluginName));
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Begins a new application plugin context. Should only be called once.
/// </summary>
public void Initialize(PluginProviderCollection pluginProviders)
{
// load the core sub-system providers
_pluginProviders = pluginProviders;
// use the plugin manager to load the plugin types that the plugin providers want loaded
using (TypeCollection pluginTypes = PluginManager.LoadPluginTypes(_pluginProviders))
{
// use the plugin manager to create descriptors for all of the plugins
_pluginDescriptors = PluginManager.CreatePluginDescriptors(pluginTypes);
// validate the plugin dependencies
PluginManager.ValidatePluginDependencies(_pluginDescriptors);
// sort plugins to have the least dependent plugins first
_pluginDescriptors = PluginManager.Sort(_pluginDescriptors, true);
// create the plugins
PluginManager.CreatePluginInstances(_pluginDescriptors);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates PluginDescriptors from each Plugin Type specified.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="types">The collection of Plugin Types to create descriptors for.</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static PluginDescriptorCollection CreatePluginDescriptors(TypeCollection types)
{
var descriptors = new PluginDescriptorCollection();
foreach (Type type in types)
{
try
{
CairoLogger.Instance.Debug(string.Format("Creating PluginDescriptor, Type: '{0}'.", type.FullName));
var descriptor = new PluginDescriptor(type);
descriptors.Add(descriptor);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
CairoLogger.Instance.Debug(ex.Message, ex);
}
}
return(descriptors);
}
/// <summary>
/// Cleanup any managed resources
/// </summary>
protected override void DisposeOfManagedResources()
{
base.DisposeOfManagedResources();
if (_pluginProviders != null)
{
_pluginProviders.Dispose();
_pluginProviders = null;
}
if (_pluginDescriptors != null)
{
_pluginDescriptors.Dispose();
_pluginDescriptors = null;
}
if (_gcTimer != null)
{
_gcTimer.Dispose();
_gcTimer = null;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Marks a descriptor if it has dependencies that themselves are missing dependencies or are circularly dependent
/// </summary>
/// <param name="descriptor">The descriptor to check</param>
/// <param name="descriptors">The collection of PluginDescriptors to check against</param>
private static void MarkDescriptorIfDependenciesAreMissingDependencyOrAreCircularlyDependent(PluginDescriptor descriptor, PluginDescriptorCollection descriptors)
{
// check each dependency in that descriptor depends on
foreach (Type type in descriptor.PluginDependencies)
{
// against all the other descriptors
foreach (PluginDescriptor otherDescriptor in descriptors)
{
// when we find a descriptor that describes the Type the first descriptor needs
if (otherDescriptor.PluginType == type)
{
// the other dependency better not be missing a dependency
if (otherDescriptor.IsMissingDependency)
{
// if it does, the whole chain is jacked
descriptor.IsDependentOnTypeThatIsMissingDependency = true;
return;
}
// the other dependency better not be circularly dependent
if (otherDescriptor.IsCircularlyDependent)
{
// if it does, the whole chain is jacked
descriptor.IsDependentOnTypeThatIsCircularlyDependent = true;
return;
}
}
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Marks a descriptor if is is circularly dependent with any other descriptor
/// </summary>
/// <param name="descriptor">The descriptor to check</param>
/// <param name="descriptors">The collection of PluginDescriptors to check against</param>
private static void MarkDescriptorIfCircularlyDependent(PluginDescriptor descriptor, PluginDescriptorCollection descriptors)
{
// check each dependency in that descriptor depends on
foreach (Type type in descriptor.PluginDependencies)
{
// against all the other descriptors
foreach (PluginDescriptor otherDescriptor in descriptors)
{
// when we find a descriptor that describes the Type the first descriptor needs
if (otherDescriptor.PluginType == type)
{
// it better not depend on the first
if (otherDescriptor.DependsOn(descriptor))
{
// if it does, it's a circular dependency which we cannot have
descriptor.IsCircularlyDependent = true;
return;
}
}
}
}
}